(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-05-12 10:06

The clock in a house stops at 2:28 pm, May 12, 2008, when a magnitude-8 earthquake jolted Wenchuan in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, killing nearly 70,000 people and leaving 17,923 missing. [Photo/VCG]

Soldiers transport a resident in the quake-stricken area to safety on May 13, 2008. [Photo/VCG]

A boy buried in the rubble is rescued, May 13, 2008. [Photo/VCG]

Several large cracks are visible after the Wenchuan earthquake, May 16, 2008. [Photo/VCG]

An old couple that survived the disaster hold hands. [Photo/VCG]